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Installing Skype on openSUSE 11.2 – 64 bit

Skype is provided pre-packaged for openSUSE for 32 bit systems. However the RPM can be used without difficulty also on 64 bit systems, since openSUSE transparently manages bi-architecture packages. Unfortunately the 32 bit RPM does not install all the dependencies it needs to work correctly, and you have to fix them by hand as follows:

  • Install the skype rpm by typing in a root terminal: rpm -Uvh skype-2.1.0.47-suse.i586.rpm
  • Open YaST software installer
  • Search and select the following packages
    • xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
    • libqt4-32bit
    • libqt4-x11-32bit
  • Accept the additional dependencies proposed by the installer and proceed with the installation

At this point, you should be able to run skype without any difficulty.

Enjoy :mrgreen:

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19 comments

By Alberto – November 26, 2009

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  1. malte says

    Thanks for solving the issue and then sharing your solution.
    Saved me a lot of time.

    December 1, 2009, 9:06 am
  2. Olivo says

    Thanks for sharing your solution.

    December 4, 2009, 10:10 am
  3. sharif says

    thanks :)

    December 5, 2009, 2:25 am
  4. Samuel says

    Thank you for the solution, thanks to you I am now using Skype

    December 5, 2009, 4:58 am
  5. PhoeniX says

    Thanks!!!!

    December 6, 2009, 2:03 am
  6. FRYRSLF says

    Thank you

    December 10, 2009, 6:34 pm
  7. Harindaka says

    Thanks from Sri Lanka

    December 17, 2009, 7:18 pm
  8. Kevin Hansen says

    Thanks for sharing!

    December 22, 2009, 1:17 am
  9. Marek says

    Many thanks from Poland

    December 24, 2009, 5:44 pm
  10. Rance says

    Thank you so much. I love 11.2, but this and vmware server have been killing me with 11.2

    December 25, 2009, 8:15 am
  11. Jorge says

    Thanks. Me too, but….
    My 1st experience was to install skype and then, at calling it, install the packages it asks for (which, by memory, should be ones cited above). Then the id/passw windows comes, I put in and then … “abort” was the message. To me, the installation order made a difference, so back again, first I made the packages and then the skype rpm … as stated (might it have been through yast2?). Some more skilled linux people might tell why/if this is so, really. Anyway, now I get my skype running. Fine.

    December 29, 2009, 5:32 pm
  12. Alberto says

    Hi,
    Thanks for your comment, but the order in which the RPM’s are installed should not be important. I installed Skype and then the dependencies myself. The only thing I can think to is that library paths might need to be refreshed.

    Best,
    Alberto

    December 29, 2009, 6:50 pm
  13. Ariel says

    Thank you SOOOO much!!!
    I just installed openSUSE and since I need Skype for Uni I was about to give on this distro. Thanks again!!!

    January 10, 2010, 9:19 pm
  14. Tomas says

    Thank you – great help!
    It worked perfectly even on openSUSE 11.0

    January 22, 2010, 12:57 am
  15. Jack says

    Excellent help, skype should hire you, they can’t fix this.
    Thanks for taking the time to fix, and then to share.

    March 10, 2010, 7:43 am
  16. Caotix says

    Hey pal,
    you made my day.
    Thanks a lot

    March 14, 2010, 11:39 am
  17. Master.Spy says

    Thanks for sharing!

    March 15, 2010, 11:03 pm
  18. eisi says

    Thanks so much for your solution. I don’t know how you found it out but great idea to share this one….

    Works pefect on Suse 11.2 64 bit

    April 14, 2010, 9:32 pm
  19. harald says

    I can confirm that this is working OpenSUSE 11.3 as well

    July 16, 2010, 1:53 pm



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